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Big Bear (Cree chief)

LC control no.n 84002655
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Personal name headingBig Bear (Cree chief)
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Variant(s)Mistahimusqua
Associated countryCanada
Birth date1825
Death date1888-01-17
Place of birthSaskatchewan
Profession or occupationIndians--Kings and rulers
Found inBig Bear, 1984: CIP galley (Big Bear; major chief of the Crees of western Canada during the 1800s)
LC data base, 6/8/84 (hdg.: Big Bear, Cree chief)
Miller, J.R. Big Bear (Mistahimusqua), c1996: p. 128 (b. 1825) p. 130 (d. Jan. 17, 1888)
Johansen, Bruce E. The encyclopedia of Native American biography, 1997: pages 26-27 (Big Bear. Principal chief among the Chee during the Second Riel Rebellion, the most serious Native uprising on the Canadian frontier. Born in Fort Carlton in what became Saskatchewan.)